By the way, this is not just for HR people but also for non-HR managers who understand that human resource management is a line function.

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So what? We tend to justify, but deep inside we don’t feel good about it. Oh yes, it necessary for the functionality of an organization. And I personally hate it when they tell me – it is a necessary evil. Because no matter how necessary it is, the perception

remains that it is evil.

This is the path I’ve chosen, and I love HR no matter how others call it. In fact, paper-pushing is just one of the myriad of activities an HR is expected to do. I had so much aversion to paperworks and administrative duties during my time, and was never really good at

it. However, it was one of the measures of the effectiveness of my department and no amount of justification can change that reality, even until now.

Reminiscing . . .

Before the advent of computers, we only had that old reliable pica or Underwood (typewriter). When computers dominated the world, people have difficulty trying to adopt. There was one, for example, who tried to erase wrong spelling using a correction fluid

(which we called “white ink" back then) – on his computer monitor! You can just imagine how his pc monitor looked like with so many erasures. I don’t know if this really happened, but the story spread across the country that it became the joke of the day.

When I stopped working and decided to go consulting and training full-time, I realized my handicap and ignorance in computer operations. Vent on crafting my own path, I enclosed myself and went into hibernation for one month, just to learn computers. It was painful and difficult – no teachers and all alone. But deep inside I know, if there’s a will, there’s a way. And I acquired basic computer skills and developed proficiency through practice.

Then I realized; if only I knew this skill when I was yet a manager, life could have been easier and more productive. With that realization comes the desire to help fellow HR practitioners, that you may have the short-route and avoid the road less traveled.

One of the most valuable office skills you can learn is how to effectively use Microsoft Word. You may not know it, but MS Word has a lot of excellent and underutilized features. It will take us a whole book to discuss details, so I decided to give you a complimentary copy of an e-book “The Secrets of Microsoft Word." It is actually sold at $14.95 but I got permission from the author to give it to you for free, only if you’re interested. Please send me an email so I can reply and attach the e-book.

Hope you learned something of value today. Stay tuned for our next lessons!

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